Canada vows to include TK in IPY
At the launch of the Canadian IPY, Minister for Northern Affairs Jim Prentice said “elders and other knowledge keepers” can make a big contribution to research and that many researchers have been encouraged to integrate Western science and traditional aboriginal knowledge into their polar research according to a March 9 report in the Nunatsiaq News. Mary Simon, the president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami was also there and made pointed reference to the importance of the social aspect of IPY
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